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I ditched the algorithm for RSS

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744 points DearNarwhal | 3 comments | 16 Jan 25 12:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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artisanspam ◴[16 Jan 25 20:02 UTC] No.42730158[source]▶
I love RSS. I use RSS daily. I use link-aggregation websites like HN to find interesting authors and subscribe to any RSS feeds that they have. Highlights from my reader sync automatically into my Obsidian vault. It's great.

But I know I, and everyone else posting in this thread, are in the minority. It's clear that most people prefer algorithmic drip in a walled garden. There's a reason everyone flocks to those platforms when RSS superseded them. I don't think I need to re-hash why those platforms are bad for the health of the internet and society as a whole.

So what can be done at a structural level to fight this? What can be done to incentivize people to leave these algorithmic drip feeds to reverse this trend?

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1. whatevertrevor ◴[17 Jan 25 09:28 UTC] No.42735671[source]▶
> Highlights from my reader sync automatically into my Obsidian vault. It's great.

Which RSS reader do you use?

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2. DavideNL ◴[17 Jan 25 12:34 UTC] No.42736854[source]▶
I bet it’s Readwise…

- i tried it, and it’s okay… however personally i much prefer a more private rss reader, where i don’t share all my personal data with yet another commercial company. Also, it’s quite expensive.

3. artisanspam ◴[17 Jan 25 15:25 UTC] No.42738477[source]▶
Readwise Reader. Yes, as another commenter stated it costs money, but it has many other features that I find useful such as good text-to-speech, integrations with other apps like Obsidian, and a good export feature if I want to switch to another feed app.